When you code go by sticking to the standard lib like that, that the friction of updating becomes as smooth as compiling with the new version and deploying. Rea

When you code go by sticking to the standard lib like that, that the friction of updating becomes as smooth as compiling with the new version and deploying. Really quite sweet. You -CAN- go the route of using a well supported, well maintained library but I have seen some code rot on larger projects in the go code ecosystem for stuff that tried to include more batteries.